San Jose House Plants

Greenery adds texture and beauty to your landscaping and can be used as
a versatile decorative element indoors. At Payless Hardware, Rockery &
Nursery, our nursery and garden center in San Jose carries one of the
largest inventories of trees and plants in the area.

Benefits Of Houseplants

Houseplants not only bring light and life into your home, they can offer
mental and physical health benefits as well:

Houseplants help to increase humidity in your home while reducing the amount
of ambient dust. Both of these factors result in better indoor air quality
for greater comfort and health.

Houseplants are wonderful decorative elements that make your home feel
more welcoming and relaxing. Studies have shown that homes featuring houseplants
promote lower levels of mental stress.

Live plants are also associated with better health; people living in homes
with plants are less likely to suffer from high blood pressure, chronic
pain, and insomnia.

Some houseplants are extremely efficient at removing toxins from your indoor
air, which improves the breathability of the air inside your home.

DRACAENAS: One of the easies t plants to grow, they prefer a bright room; although
some c an grow in low light. They like moist soil but not to wet. Dracaenas
grow best in an average home temperature 60-75 degrees.

LUCKY BAMBOO: Often grown as a hydroponic plant with the stems set in water and held
upright with decorative stones. When grown this way it is critical to
use water with no minerals and change water every three to five days.

FICUS: Can grow tall and look like a small tree, but it generally stays 40 inches
indoors. Ficus grows in bright light and well-drained soil.

POTHOS: Is one of the easiest plants to grow. With green heart shaped leaves on
long trailing stems either climbs or trails. It tolerates almost any indoor
conditions. Fast growing plant.

CHINA DOLL: Prefers bright diffused light they like moist soil. Fast growing plant.
Tolerates home temperatures and low humidity leaves may dry up if soil
dries out between waterings.

RUBBER TREE: One of the easiest plants to grow. If grown in low light growth will be
open and sparce. Even moist soil is prefer. wipe the leaves with a damp
cloth occasionally.

SCHEFFLERA: Its oblong leaflets are graceful looking, and the plant brings a hint
of the tropics into home. They grow in bright light with no direct sun
and the soil evenly moist. Let plant approach dryness before watering.
Then water thoroughly and discard drainage. Will get weak if light is
too low, leaves will drop if soil is too wet or too dry.

DIEFFENBACHIA: Will survive in low light, but prefers a moderately bright spot. Water
thoroughly, but allow to dry between waterings.

PEACE LILY (SPATHIPHYLLUM): Offer white flowers consisting of a slender spadix surrounded by a hoodlike
spathe. They tolerate low light and evenly moist soil. Let dry out between
waterings. This plant will not flower of it is not kept moist. Is the
plant of choice for offices.